On the AFL-CIO Split

Stanley Aronowitz in Logos Summer 2005

While attacking [AFL-CIO President John] Sweeney's penchant to, in [Teamster's President James] Hoffa's words "throw money at the Democrats" (the AFL-CIO gave more than $200 millions to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign), SEIU [Service Employees International Union] donated more than $65 million to the campaign.